Home Inspiration...White!!!

OK I'm out on the stalk again and I found one of my favourite blogs by Nikki was full of home inspiration. She has a blog full of make up tips (which are handy), home decorating and odd bit and pieces. I have selected a few pictures to create a post today. Not very inventive but time is not always on my side! Enjoy and be sure to check out Bella Mumma!!!

OK I'm off to organise a kids party!! Wish me luck!!!
Love Emma

Count Your Blessings

I was looking back at my photos and realised that our family love to kiss!!!

stealing a kiss with my tiny neighbour

Me as a toddler loving my mum

brother and sister

daddy and daughter

me as a mum loving my baby

Here are two little people bringing a couch into the bathroom to watch me shower....surely Playschool is much more exciting!?! Kids...gotta love em!

A quick poem that I posted a while back. I love to read it and ponder......I hope it helps you consider what is important this weekend and have a great time with the family!!!

May God bless you.. love Emma xx

There's a time to do the dishes and a time to leave them in the sink.

There's a time to save Grandma's lace table cloth for Christmas dinner and a time to use it for breakfast on Tueday morning.

There's a time to say" Don't bother me now, I'm busy" and a time to drop everthing to roll around the floor with your kids, Dance around the living room with your husband or stop for a cuppa with a friend.

There's a time to race out late at night to return the DVD and  a time to stay at home with your family and pay the late fee.

There's a time to nag your husband about wasting film and a time to let him snap as many photos as he wants of his little girl in her first ballet costume.

There's a time to say " Save those for the guests" and a time to your your husband take the best biscuit from the batch.

There's a time to say, "Don't spill that on the couch!" and a time to let your son make a fort with the couch cushions.

God has made eveything beautiful in its time.

I hope this encourages you today. Remember to enjoy each and everyday that we are given with our awesome families...

ok... so today I had some fun! I acted like a four year old in the park and haven't laugh so hard in ages!!! If your my friend on facebook you can see the whole video but I'm telling you.....I felt soooooo sick after twisting around this swing. I thought it was a good idea at the time. I think we have all felt like that, remember?  You think maybe this will be fun and live to regret it!!!!

Thanks to my beautiful friend standing there capturing every moment on her 'wang fangled' iphone!! She could hardly keep it still after nearly wetting herself with laughter!!! Well girls... we had fun. I'm a big believer of old fashioned fun. Today we experienced it. What do you do for old fashioned fun?

My friend and I are planning something special to include lots of people in some old fashioned fun. I'll tell you more about it later. Quietly, I'm  a little bit excited!!!

Enjoy your day and oh....Thats me in the grey, bending over a swing seat and about to be sick after twisting the chain and letting go. I like to call this the 'helicopter'!!! hahahahah

Mummy and Ruby

Beautify Me...please?

I am not paid for this but it is the most amazing make up!!! I had some time without the kids today so what does a girl do? Go to the shops and let the good ladies make me look special!!! Cherie down at the local Napoleon store (and church friend) made me look a millon dollars!!!

I was so excited that I ran home and finished the washing and preparation for dinner!! hahahaha

I did splurge on a lovely lip gloss.. Oh did I say splurge? I mean to say that I sold my kidney for it!!!

 

I will have to budget in the rest of the makeup to complete the look again for another day!

I have always wanted to play girly make up without the kids. Today just seemed to be the day.

I hope you had an amazing day too. I think I have hit the domestic godess status on new levels!! Doing housework in full makeup!!!! lol

Dreaming on a wet day...

Yes I'm back. Back to stalking blogs and dreaming of the future.

As you may have noticed it is wet. Really wet. Of course washing becomes a drag on such a wet day. Washing is piled up and I'm tripping over wet towels, sheets and my husbands VERY DIRTY work clothes! The wetter it is the dirtier he comes home!

So i retreated to my computer and began to dream about an awesome laundry room. The kind of room where you actually 'want' to the the washing. Does this really exist? I think it does. Check these beauties out...

homedesigninspiration.com

interiordesignpro.org

abhomeinteriors.blogspot.com

continuous-home-improvement-help.com

hamptondesign.com

ramblingrenovators.blogspot.com

I'm off the the drab, dark corner that I call a laundry! Enjoy your day!

Tonsil Time

The reason I haven't been writing so much is that I've been busy. Miss Belle had ber tonsils and adnoids out last week and it has been crazy! Dealing with cranky kids, staying in hospital (not fun), work, washing, dinners and fun!!

All is good now so I'm trying to post more often than once a month!!!

distracting little Ruby at 6am because she can't eat or drink anything!

Bless her....she has no idea what she's in for!

waiting for the doctor...still all smiles!

post operation she was allowed to eat all the ice blocks she could fit in!

Yummy

at home with big brother

feeling better now

stop mum. No more photos

Round two of Bread

The bread fun continued...

 I'm thinking of all the money I'd save spent on contacts and glasses.

Do you think this look will catch on?

Harry took a picture of himself..Suprise!!!

Bread

The day started like any other. Chaos at breakfast, chaos in the car drive to school, little people who don't want midday naps, chaos again in the car for school pick up and of course the crankys come out at dinner time!  Gotta love being a mum!!!!

Well I decided that come dinner time....you just roll with it!!!

Don't fight it. Be a lover not a hater.

Enjoy and discover what is in front of you.

Kids? I hear you ask? Didn't you just say you had a shocker all day?

Yes. Look past them!

I see bread.

 What?

Yes... Bread was on the menu.

Staring at me.

Literally on the chopping board.

 How does one enjoy and discover bread whilst children are yelling, fighting, throwing things and demanding dinner?

Let me help you discover the joy of bread and being a kid, wrapped into one experience....

Lesson 101:  

First you cut it and discover a hole

then you take a picture from lots of angles.

Hand camera to eldest child.

Pray he doesn't drop it!

then cut more bread to make glasses

work out that the end looks a little like a pig's nose

Take a few crazy shots of us together and get back to making dinner..

Just  a little time out to have some fun.

 I believe that is what we all need! We don't need theme parks to amuse us!

Plain old, good fashion fun.

My Mum used to say 

"Fun is what you make it"!

Amen Sister!

Hopefully there will be a few more posts coming. I've been so slack and busy! Have an amazing week.

Missing in Action

Hello my friends it has been a busy month and I have to post all about it. I'm actually not sure where to start so I thought I'd just begin with a small entry to let you now that I'm not dead!!

I will upload all the pictures and write an essay soon....I just have to get the kids to bed......meet me here at about 8 pm tonight. I'll be here typing away with a cuppa!! Until we meet again.....

Love Emma x

 Source: The Bottom of the Ironing Basket

Seizing The Future

Some of the may know that our church burnt down in October last year. It was such a shock but as the months passed I realised what an awesome opportunity within the disaster, to create an exciting future for families on the coast.

Here are a few pictures.....

I am so excited to be part of a new chapter in the church as we build a building that houses a vision for God's purpose.

I guess I wanted to share that today as we begin to Seize the Future.!! If your interested be sure to check out the link  http://vimeo.com/24673515.

Have a great looong weekend.!!

Love Emma xx

Blue Mountains Getaway

I've been a incy wincy bit slack posting on this ever exciting blog of mine!

Sorry to ALL my followers (16)...I've been a bit light on content!

Life has been good. My husband is back to work after a few days off hahahha(9mths!). We are adjusting to life post operation! We celebrated with a quick trip to the mountains on Saturday. It was sooo good to be out and about as a family. It was a long day but completely worth it. You know the days when you ask yourself...What was I thinking? Getting the children packed, snacks, nappies, favourite toys, jackets, water, camera..the list goes on. It is a big effort!!!

During the day you catch yourself watching the kids run, play and laugh and you remind yourself ..yep...all worth it!

Here are a few pictures of what we have been up to over the past week....

the sisters...

a bit chilly

during our walk

the view

the kids

 the river

dad and Ruby Belle

Mum and Ruby Belle

It was FREEEZING!!!!!

Take care until my next post....

Love Emma x